. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus i. PASSION-FLOWER FAMILY. 565 I. PASSIFLORA L. Sp. PI. 955. 1753. Climbing tendril-bearing herbaceous or woody vines, with lobed parted or entire alter- nate or rarely opposite leaves, and large showy axillary flowers, on jointed, often bracted peduncles. Calyx-tube cup-shaped or carapanulate, deeply 4-5-lobed, the lobes narrow, imbri- cated in the bud, i
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus i. PASSION-FLOWER FAMILY. 565 I. PASSIFLORA L. Sp. PI. 955. 1753. Climbing tendril-bearing herbaceous or woody vines, with lobed parted or entire alter- nate or rarely opposite leaves, and large showy axillary flowers, on jointed, often bracted peduncles. Calyx-tube cup-shaped or carapanulate, deeply 4-5-lobed, the lobes narrow, imbri- cated in the bud, its throat crowned with a double or triple fringe called the corona. Petals 4 or S (rarely none), inserted on the throat of the calyx. Ovary oblong, stalked. Filaments monadelphous in a tube around the stalk of the ovary, separate above; anthers narrow, versa- tile. Fruit a many-seeded berry. Seeds pulpy-arilled, flat, ovate; endosperm fleshy. [Flower of the Cross, or Passion, as emblematic of the crucifixion.] About 300 species, mostly natives of tropical America, a few in Asia and Australia. Besides the following, about 7 others occur in the southern and southwestern States. Type species: Passi- fiora incarnata L. Leaves deeply 3-5-lobed ; the lobes serrate ; petals whitish ; corona purple. i. P- incarnata. Leaves obtusely 3-lobed above the middle, the lobes entire ; flowers yellowish. 2. P. lutea. I. Passiflora incarnata L. Passion- flower. Passion-vine. Fig. 2974. Passiflora incarnata L. Sp. PI. 959. 1753. Stem glabrous, or slightly pubescent above, striate when dry, climbing to a height of io°-30°. Petioles ¥-2' long, with 2 glands near the summit; leaves nearly orbicular in outline, glabrous, or often somewhat pubes- cent, 3'-s' broad, somewhat cordate at the base, deeply 3-lobed (rarely S-lobed),the lobes ovate or oval, acute or acnlish, finely serrate; flowers solitary, axillary, white with a purple or pink corona, i2'-2' broad ; peduncles longer than the petioles, us
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